page_title: Tsetserleg (city)
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Tsetserleg (city) / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Tsetserleg city from the south with Bulgan Mountain at the back
context_page_description: Tsetserleg, also transliterated as Cecerleg is the capital of Arkhangai Aimag in Mongolia. It lies on the northeastern slopes of the Khangai Mountains, 360 miles southwest of Ulaanbaatar. It has a population of 16,553, 16,618, 16,300.
  Tsetserleg is geographically located in the Bulgan sum in the south of the aimag. It is not to be confused with Tsetserleg sum in the north.
  In 1992 Tsetserleg was designated as Erdenebulgan sum, which has area of 536 km².
context_section_description: Tsetserleg is an ancient cultural and commercial centre. It was once the seat of a monastery, built by the First Khalkh Zaya Pandita, Luvsanperenlei (1642–1715) (who should not be confused with Zaya Pandita Namkhaijantsan (1599–1662)). It consisted of the main Guden Süm, the Right, or Summer Semchin Temple, and the Left, or Winter Semchin Temple, all built in the early 1680s. The sixth Zaya Pandita, Jambatseren, was killed by the Communists in 1932, and the main Guden temple was turned into a museum. There is a seventh Zaya Pandita, but he mostly lives in Ulan Bator and visits only occasionally.
caption: Tsetserleg from the south
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